英汉词典

air 基本解释

• n. 空气，大气；天空；样子；曲调
• vt. 使通风，晾干；夸耀
• vi. 通风

air 词态变化

air 中文词源

来自拉丁词aerem, 举起，空气。

air 英文词源

air

air: [13] Modern English air is a blend of three strands of meaning from, ultimately, two completely separate sources. In the sense of the gas we breathe it goes back via Old French air and Latin āēr to Greek áēr ‘air’ (whence the aero-compounds of English; see AEROPLANE). Related words in Greek were áērni ‘I blow’ and aúrā ‘breeze’ (from which English acquired aura in the 18th century), and cognates in other Indo-European languages include Latin ventus ‘wind’, English wind, and nirvana ‘extinction of existence’, which in Sanskrit meant literally ‘blown out’.

In the 16th century a completely new set of meanings of air arrived in English: ‘appearance’ or ‘demeanour’. The first known instance comes in Shakespeare’s 1 Henry IV, IV, i: ‘The quality and air of our attempt brooks no division’ (1596). This air was borrowed from French, where it probably represents an earlier, Old French, aire ‘nature, quality’, whose original literal meaning ‘place of origin’ (reflected in another derivative, eyrie) takes it back to Latin ager ‘place, field’, source of English agriculture and related to acre. (The final syllable of English debonair [13] came from Old French aire, incidentally; the phrase de bon aire meant ‘of good disposition’.) The final strand in modern English air comes via the Italian descendant of Latin āēr, aria.

This had absorbed the ‘nature, quality’ meanings of Old French aire, and developed them further to ‘melody’ (perhaps on the model of German weise, which means both ‘way, manner’ and ‘tune’ – its English cognate wise, as in ‘in no wise’, meant ‘song’ from the 11th to the 13th centuries). It seems likely that English air in the sense ‘tune’ is a direct translation of the Italian.

Here again, Shakespeare got in with it first – in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I, i: ‘Your tongue’s sweet air more tunable than lark to shepherd’s ear’ (1590). (Aria itself became an English word in the 18th century.)
=> acre, aeroplane, agriculture, aria, aura, eyrie, malaria, wind

air (v.)

"to expose to open air," 1520s, from air (n.1). Figurative sense of "to expose, make public" is from 1610s of objects, 1862 of opinions, grievances, etc. Meaning "to broadcast" (originally on radio) is from 1933. Related: Aired; airing.

air (n.1)

c. 1300, "invisible gases that make up the atmosphere," from Old French air "atmosphere, breeze, weather" (12c.), from Latin aerem (nominative aer) "air, lower atmosphere, sky," from Greek aer (genitive aeros) "air" (related to aenai "to blow, breathe"), which is of unknown origin, possibly from a base *awer- and thus related to aeirein "to raise" and arteria "windpipe, artery" (see aorta) on notion of "lifting, that which rises." In Homer mostly "thick air, mist;" later "air" as one of the four elements.

Words for "air" in Indo-European languages tend to be associated with wind, brightness, sky. In English, air replaced native lyft, luft (see loft (n.)). To be in the air "in general awareness" is from 1875; up in the air "uncertain, doubtful" is from 1752. To build castles in the air is from 1590s (in 17c. English had airmonger "one preoccupied with visionary projects"). Broadcasting sense (as in on the air) first recorded 1927. To give (someone) the air "dismiss" is from 1900. Air pollution is attested by 1870.

air (n.2)

1590s, "manner, appearance" (as in an air of mystery); 1650s, "assumed manner, affected appearance" (especially in phrase put on airs, 1781), from French air "look, appearance, mien, bearing, tone" (Old French aire "reality, essence, nature, descent, extraction," 12c.; compare debonair), from Latin ager "place, field" (see acre) on notion of "place of origin."

But some French sources connect this Old French word with the source of air (n.1), and it also is possible these senses in English developed from or were influenced by air (n.1); compare sense development of atmosphere and Latin spiritus "breath, breeze," also "high spirit, pride," and the extended senses of anima.

air (n.3)

"melody, tune," 1580s, from Italian aria (see aria).

air 词组搭配

air 英文释义

1. a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of;

"air pollution"

"a smell of chemicals in the air"

"open a window and let in some air"

"I need some fresh air"

2. travel via aircraft;

"air travel involves too much waiting in airports"

"if you've time to spare go by air"

3. the region above the ground;

"her hand stopped in mid air"

"he threw the ball into the air"

4. medium for radio and television broadcasting;

"the program was on the air from 9 til midnight"

"the president used the airwaves to take his message to the people"

5. a slight wind (usually refreshing);

"the breeze was cooled by the lake"

"as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

6. a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing;

"an air of mystery"

"the house had a neglected air"

"an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"

"the place had an aura of romance"

7. the mass of air surrounding the Earth;

"there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"

"it was exposed to the air"

8. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;

"she was humming an air from Beethoven"

9. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)

air 同义词解析

atmosphere, air, gas

这些名词均与"空气"有关。

atmosphere：指围绕有的星球，特别是围绕地球的空气，即大气层。也可指环境气氛。

air：指空气，也泛指一般气体。

gas：指气态物，尤指供燃烧取暖或照明的气体，其中一部分称作瓦斯。

attitude, air, manner

这些名词均含"态度，风度"之意。

attitude：普通用词，指对人或事情的看法和采取的行为，多有某种不很明确或不便明说的感情色彩。

air：含义广泛。单数形式指某人脸上表现出的心理活动，或言谈举止；复数形式指某人故意做作而摆出的架子。

manner：多指某人在某一场合的言谈举止等。

air 双语例句

1. The cold, misty air felt wonderful on his face.

雾蒙蒙，寒冷的空气使他脸上感觉很舒爽。

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2. The volume of scheduled flights is straining the air traffic control system.

定期航班的数量正让空中交通指挥系统不堪重负。

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3. America has enough firepower in the area to mount sustained air strikes.

美国在该地区拥有足够的火力发动持续的空中打击。

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4. The outside air was heavy and moist and sultry.

外面的空气沉滞、潮湿而闷热。

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5. Leave a vent open to let some moist air escape.

打开一个通风口，让潮气逸出一些。

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air 实用场景例句

currents of warm air

暖气流

牛津词典

I kicked the ball high in/into the air .

我把球高高地踢到空中。

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Spicy smells wafted through the air .

空中飘来一阵阵辛辣的气味。

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I need to put some air in my tyres.

我需要给我的轮胎打些气。

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Let's go out for some fresh air .

咱们出去呼吸点新鲜空气。

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air pollution

空气污染

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He told reporters today that the president's trip to Moscow is up in the air.

今天他告诉记者们总统是否前往莫斯科尚未确定。

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As soon as I know I'm in the team it's like I'm walking on air.

一得知我加入了这个队，我高兴得像飞上了天。

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There was great excitement in the air...

人人都感到无比激动。

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She walked away and left the question hanging in the air.

她走开了，将疑问留在人们心里。

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She is going on the air as presenter of a new show...

她即将上电视主持一档新节目。

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Rockwell hopes the program can be on the air within a year...

罗克韦尔希望该节目能在一年内播出。

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'But where could they have gone?' he demanded. 'They can't just vanish into thin air!'...

“但是他们可能去哪里呢？”他追问道，“他们不可能就神秘消失了!”

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He had materialized out of thin air; I had not seen or heard him coming.

他突然间神秘地出现了；我既没看见他来，也没听见他的脚步声。

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Government troops broke up the protest by firing their guns in the air...

政府军队朝天鸣枪驱散了抗议人群。

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People's cigarette smoke seemed to hang in the air.

人们吸烟的烟雾似乎会长时间滞留在空气中。

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Air travel will continue to grow at about 6% per year...

乘飞机旅行的人数将以每年大约6%的速度持续增加。

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Casualties had to be brought to hospital by air.

伤者不得不用飞机送往医院。

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Jennifer regarded him with an air of amusement...

珍妮弗觉得他很风趣。

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The meal gave the occasion an almost festive air.

这一餐使整个场合有了近乎节日般的喜庆氛围。

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We're poor and we never put on airs.

我们贫穷但从不装腔作势。

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Tonight PBS will air a documentary called 'Democracy In Action'.

今晚公共广播公司将播放一部名为《民主进行时》的纪录片。

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They sat for more than six hours, and both sides agreed they had aired all their differences...

他们一起坐了六个多小时，而且双方都认为他们已经表达了所有的不同意见。

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The whole issue was thoroughly aired at the meeting.

在会上完全公开了整个问题。

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One day a week her mother systematically cleaned and aired each room.

她母亲按部就班地每周一次清扫所有的房间并开窗通风。

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When the shirts were clean, I ironed them myself, aired them and placed them in drawers in his room.

衬衫洗干净之后，我自己将它们熨好、烘干并放在他房间的抽屉里。

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...an inquiry just to clear the air and settle the facts of the case.

一项只为消除疑团并弄清案件事实而进行的调查

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The old cliché of the customer being always right is what gives them airs and graces.

“顾客总是对的”这种陈词滥调让他们变得趾高气扬。

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Draughts help to circulate air...

穿堂风有助于空气流通。

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Keith opened the window and leaned out into the cold air.

基思打开窗户，探出身到冷风中。

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